Manifolding-sales-book holder.



C. A. ][0l\TSON.v MANIPOLDING SALES BOOK HOLDER. I APPLICATION FILEDJUNE 2; 1908. I 7 960,030. Patented May 31, 1910.

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G. A. MONSON.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK HOLDER.

APPLIJATION FILED JUNE 2, 1908.

. Patented May 31, 1910.

2 QEEETS-SHEET 2.

INVENTOR.

WITNESSES WMWW f I GAR/740225072, ATT RWEK CARL A. MONSON, OF HARTFORD,CONNECTICUT.

MANIFOLDING-SALES-BOOK HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 2, 1908.

Patented May 31, 1910.

Serial No. 436,191.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL A. Morison, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inManifold ingSales-Book Holders, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact specification.

This invention relates to sales books, and more especially to that classwhereof-which are ordinarily used for making memoranda of orders, eitherto be delivered from a store or to record counter-sales, and it has forone of its objects the provision of an improved case or cover adapted toreceive a number of blank forms which may be either individuallyseparate, or united into pad-form, or the several order-blanks may beconsecutively printed on a web of paper and folded into the requiredsize to constitute what is generally known as a continuous book.

In general practice each order is made a duplicate, one copy to beremitted to the customor, and the other to be placed on file at r thecashicrs or bookkeepers desk, and, in

order to save time and to have both duplicates exact facsimiles of eachother, the blanks are usually folded, as a single sheet doubled uponitself to receive between the leaves thus formed a carbon or similarcopying sheet, which produces an impression on the lower leaf as theorder is written on the top leaf.

My invention has, furthermore, for its object the provision of improvedclamping devices carried by the cover, and one of which is adapted tohold the carbon sheet, while the other serves for holding at least oneend of the pile of blanks, by engaging either the end folds of thecontinuous web or the stub of the pad, both clamping devices beingadapted to be readily operated by hand so as to insert a new pile ofblanks or carbon sheet when desired.

A further object of the invention resides in the improved constructionof the leafholder whereby the filled-out blanks may be retained eitherin attached or loose condition.

Further objects will be found in the par ticular construction of theelements of my improved cover, as will be hereinafter described andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

My invention has been clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,1n which similar characters denote similar parts, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a salesbook, complete, such as isgenerally used to record counter-sales. Fig. 2 shows the cover, per 86,the blanks having been removed and the clamping device being shown inposition to receive the pile. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through theboX containing the actuators for the clamping devices. Fig. 4 representsa section on line 4, 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 shows a sectional line of 5, 5of Fig. 8, both clamps being operative. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig.5, the clamps being up and corresponding to Fig. 2. Fig. 7 shows aperspective view of the blank-hold ing member or clamp. Fig. 8 is a viewof the clamp-actuator. Fig. 9 represents a perspective view of thecarbon holder, and Fig. 10 is a perspective View of the order-book andits leaf-holder complete.

As above stated, my invention is applicable to any and all of theseveral salesand order-books in use, the principal styles of which areshown in Figs. 1 and 10. Each order comprises a pair of leaves L, L, theformer L of which constitutes the original upon which the entry is madeby the clerk, and the latter L of which constitutes the copy orduplicate.

Referring first to Fig. 2, it will be seen that my improved holdercomprises a plate 20 made preferably of sheet metal, and having its endsbent-over to form abutments 21, 22 comprising cross-walls between whichthe blank-pile is placed. These abutments are substantially like boxesadapted to support the several clamping devices, and also to receive theactuators therefor, so that the latter will be completely inclosed. Ofthese, the blank-clamp consists of a bar or wire 2 L (see Fig. 7) theends 25 of which are bent at right angles to form a pair of arms, whichin turn are bent to form pivot-portions 26 which are journaled in theend walls 27 (see Figs. 1, 2) whereby the abutment boxes above mentionedare closed at their ends, and which are preferably integral portions ofthe cover plate.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that the wire clamp24 is mounted to swing around the pivot sections 26 so as to lie overthe blank-pile in the manner shown in Fig. 1, and in order to produce aclamping action, I provide a spring 28 (see Figs. 3, 8) adapted toengage a pair of downwardly-bent portions 29, of the clamp wire 24,which are so organized relatively to the action of the spring ends 28'that said wire will be forced downward to clamp the blanks (see Fig. 5),While on the other hand the wire will also be maintained in its raisedposition (see Fig. 6) when a new blank-pile is to be placed in theholder.

Attention should be called to the fact that the effective pressure ofthe spring-ends against the clamp ends 28 is such as to pro duce asubstantially-uniforin tension on the blank-pile as the latter graduallydecreases by virtue of the blanks being pulled from under it, thiscircumstance being due to the angular position of the members :29relative to the line of spring action, the tension of which naturallydecreases as the ends 29 swing toward the base plate 20, while at thesame time their active leverage increases proportionately. Hence it willbe understood that the friction existing between the wire 24C and theblanks will remain practically the same until the blank-pile isexhausted, and consequently the salesman can pull out the successiveblank-sections without danger of either tearing the blanks ordisarranging the pile in the holder.

Means are provided for preventing the blank-pile in the holder fromaccidental displacement on the base-plate, these means consistingpreferably of a series of projections 30 adapted to engage the bottom ofthe blank-pile and formed by punching the base-plate.

In Fig. 1 I have illustrated what is gen erally known as the continuousbook, in which the blank leaves are all connected in series but may betorn apart at their folds, the several blanks representing originalsand. duplicates alternating with each other, and this folded pile isheld in the holder by similar clamping devices (as above described) atboth opposite ends thereof.

The duplicate copy of each original order, is, as above stated, producedthrough the iiitervention of a carbon sheet, indicated by C, and as itis preferable to secure the latter in place so that it may readily beplaced between each set of blanks, I deem it expedient to provide acarbon holder at one end of the base plate so that its actuating portionwill also be contained within the abutment box of that end.

The general principle of my improved carbon-holder is similar to that ofthe blankholder, viz.; It consists of a clamp-wire 35 (see Fig. 9)having arms 36, pivot-portions 37, and a spring-arm or extension 38, thedevice being journaled in the end-walls 27 as above described, and at apoint below the blank-holder so that the carbon-holder, or moreespecially its arms 36, will not interfere with the blank-pile. The wire35 is forced toward the base-plate by virtue of the extension 38engaging the outer abutment wall 20 (see Fig. 3), the unrestrainedcondition of the carbon holder being clearly shown in perspective viewin Fig. 9, and so as to retain the wire 35 in its raised or inoperativeposition (see Fig. 6).

The carbon holder, as above described, may be applied either at one end,or at the side of, the base-plate, the position shown in Fig. 1 beingpreferable for the continuous book, inasmuch as each order and duplicateis usually torn off from the work before an other blank is turned up, asfor instance in stores where the original sales-slip is sent, with thecash, to the cashier, and. the duplicate or carbon copy goes to thecustomer. )Vhen it is desired to retain all these successive slips andtheir duplicates. as for instance in cases where the clerk or salesmansimply takes a number of orders to be subsequently filled at the store,the side position of the carbon-holder is preferable in order to enablethe salesman to fold-over the filledout orders and keep them separatefrom the blank pile. Inasmuch as most of these orders are taken atdifferent houses, and the book is, therefore, to be carried from placeto place, I deem it expedient to provide a cover which inclos-es theblank-pile and at the same time affords an opportunity for holding asmany orders as may have been taken, this organization being illustratedin Fig. 10, in which my improved holder is applied to what is generallyknown as the order book, the construction being identical with thatpreviously described in connection with Fig. 1. Also, in the presentinstance I have shown a number of duplicate blanks put up in pad-form,the stub 8 of which is clamped in place by the wire 24:, and the box 21carries a cover 41 which is hinged thereto at 40 and to which theleatrctainer, designated by R, may be secured.

The leaf-retainer R consists substantially of a single piece of wire,bent to form a tongue 50 the outer end of which is slightly raised abovethe surface of the cover ell so as to permit each duplicate set of anorder to be readily inserted and laid against the cover. At theirrearward ends the arms are bent substantially at right angles, as at 52,to engage holders 53, 5 which are formed by punchin these portions ofthe cover ll inward, ant which permit the wire ends to turn or twistfreely therein, such torsional or twisting action resulting from theinsertion of filled out blanks under the arms 52, and being resilientlyresisted by angularly-disposed loops 55 which are in engagement with, orrest against a flange 56 of the cover ll, and the ends 55 of whichcontact with the inner faces of the holders 54 to hold the retainer inposition laterally of the cover. l urthermore, inasmuch as the retainer,as a whole, is preferably made of hard or spring wire, it will beunderstood that the thicker the pile of blanks under the arms 52, thehigher will be the position of the points 52, so that, briefly stated,the re tainer has not only a spring tongue, but its arms 52 are bodilyresilient at their rear ends to accommodate themselves to differentthicknesses of order-piles under the tongue.

In the order book shown in Fig. 10, the carbon holder may be located atone of the side edges of the holder, so as to avoid interference betweenthe carbon sheet and the duplicate order blanks, when the latter areturned over and placed under the retainer without tearing them off thestub; while at the same time the carbon holder may serve as a means forpositioning the blank-pile on the base plate in a manner similar to thatof the side flange 60 (see Fig. 2).

I claim:

1. A sales-book-holder comprising a baseplate having at one of its endsa box, a bar for engaging the sales-slips, arms carrying said bar andpivoted in the end walls of said box, and means disposed within andentirely inclosed by said box for actuating said arms to force said bartoward the base-plate.

2. The combination with a base-plate having at one of its ends aninclosed hollow box, of a blank-holder comprising a bar for engaging thetop of the blank pile near one end thereof, arms carrying said bar andpivoted in the end walls of said box and having angular extensionswithin said box, and a spring disposed within said box for engaging bothof said extensions to actuate said arms so as to force the bar towardthe base-plate.

3. The combination with a sheet metal base-plate having one of its endsbent to form an inclosed hollow box comprising a wall extending acrossthe base-plate and a pair of end walls, of a wire blank-holder bent toform a blank-engaging bar and a pair of arms pivoted in said end wallsand having an angular extension, and a bladespring within said box andinterposed between said cross-wall and said extension for actuating saidbar toward the base-plate.

4. The combination with a sheet metal base-plate having one of its endsbent to form a box comprising a wall extending across the base-plate forpositioning a blank pile and a pair of end walls, of a blankholdercomprising a bar extending across said base-plate, and a pair of armspivoted in said end walls, one of said arms having an angular extensionwithin the confines of the box, and a spring in engagement with saidextension and inclosed within said box for forcing said bar toward thebase plate.

5. The combination, with a base-plate having at one of its ends aninclosed hollow box comprising a wall extending across said base-plate,and a pair of end walls, of a wire blank-holder bent to form ablankengaging bar, and a pair of arms pivoted in said end walls andhaving angular extensions, and a blade-spring inclosed within said box,and resting against the inner surface of said wall and having its endsin engagement with said extensions, respectively, for forcing said bartoward the base-plate.

6. The combination, with a base-plate having at one end an inclosedhollow box, comprising perforated end-walls, and means for positioning ablank pile on the baseplate, of a carbon-holder consisting of aresilient wire bent to form a clamping bar outside of said box and alsoto form spring extensions extending through said perforated end-wallsfor actuating said bar toward the base-plate.

7. The combination, with a base-plate having at each of its oppositeends a hollow box each box comprising a wall extending across thebase-plate for positioning a blank pile between them, of clampingdevices pivoted on said base-plate, and means disposed within andinclosed by said boxes for actuating said clamping devices,respectively.

8. The combination with a sheet metal baseplate having its opposite endsbent to form boxes each comprising a wall extending across thebase-plate, and each comprising a pair of end walls for closing eachbox, of clamping devices pivoted in the end walls of said boxes,respectively, and means disposed within said boxes for actuating saidclamping devices independently of each other.

CARL A. MONSON.

WVitnesses:

CHAs. F. SOHMELZ, EDWARD B. EATON.

